Ceramium virgatum, Common ceramium

Ceramium virgatum   Roth, 1797

Common ceramium

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Florideophyceae | Ceramiales | Ceramiaceae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile; depth range 0 - 3 m (Ref. 87937).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. )

Short description Morphology

Tufts of filaments drawn upward; red in coloration; cylindrical main axes; dichotomous branching (Ref. 87937).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Known to occur on mediolittoral and upper infralittoral zone (Ref. 87937).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Known to have trigenetic cycle with isomorphous form of gametophyte and tetrasporophyte (Ref. 87937).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2009 AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 April 2009. (Ref. 80701)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.3 - 15.1, mean 10 (based on 877 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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